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CT colonography can boost detection of flat polyps

By Eric Barnes

Flat colorectal lesions aren't easy to detect on CT colonography. But a group from Japan did quite well finding them after patients underwent bowel cleansing and automated insufflation before CT scanning, according to a new study in the Scandinavian journal Acta Radiologica.

August 9, 2012

Atos set to play role in AAA screening program

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A new national screening program being rolled out in Scotland aims to screen all men age 65 years and older for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA).

August 5, 2012

Siemens completes CT installation in northern England

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Siemens Healthcare has delivered a Somatom Definition AS+ CT system with syngo.via, an advanced visualization software platform, to Wansbeck General Hospital in Ashington, Northumberland, U.K.

August 5, 2012

AuntMinnieEurope.com Advanced Visualization Insider

By Erik L. Ridley

August 5, 2012

Germans deploy iPads to drive breast MR viewing

By Erik L. Ridley

Apple's iPad has generated much excitement for on-the-go viewing of images. However, a team from Fraunhofer MEVIS in Germany has found the popular tablet can also be utilized to provide more efficient interaction with breast MR images on diagnostic displays.

August 5, 2012

Agfa awarded 7-year U.K. contract extension

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Agfa HealthCare has signed a seven-year contract extension with Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital National Health ServiceTrust in the U.K.

July 29, 2012

Sectra to distribute Merge CAD software

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

PACS firm Sectra has inked a deal with Merge Healthcare to distribute the healthcare IT and advanced visualization developer's CADstream computer-aided detection (CAD) software.

July 29, 2012

SyntheticMR signs software agreement

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Medical imaging software developer SyntheticMR, a subsidiary of Accelerator Nordic, has signed an evaluation agreement with an MRI system supplier to evaluate its SyMRI software at selected clinics.

July 25, 2012

CAD tool simplifies lesion tracking

By Cynthia E. Keen

Prototype software that automates the identification, measurement, and tracking of cancerous lesions has shown its potential to make interpretation of CT scans faster and less tedious for radiologists, according to study results published online on 29 June in European Radiology.

July 24, 2012

Short-term feedback fails to increase chest CAD effectiveness

By Erik L. Ridley

Providing readers with individual feedback on their performance after using chest radiography computer-aided detection (CAD) software does not yield an improved ability to differentiate CAD candidates for pulmonary nodules, Dutch researchers have found.

July 24, 2012

CAD could work as second reader, Dutch researchers say

By Rebekah Moan

Dutch researchers determined that a computer-aided detection (CAD) software they developed could be used as a second reader in breast cancer screening, with the CAD algorithm producing diagnostic performance comparable to that of residents, with low false-positive rates.

July 23, 2012

3D cardiac MRI at 3T accurately assesses myocardial perfusion

By Eric Barnes

3D whole-heart myocardial perfusion cardiac MRI at 3 tesla accurately detects functionally significant coronary artery disease with results that are comparable to more invasive techniques, according to study published online on 18 July in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

July 19, 2012

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